Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorngrafton, Northumberland

Thorngrafton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Northumberland

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
THOMPSON196.484621.65
BELL186.143332.69
PEARSON134.436938.19
NICHOLSON134.436962.44
MAKEPEACE124.09561,445.78
LAMB124.095677.62
ROBSON113.754357.05
VEITCH103.4130518.13
DICKENSON82.7304180.18
BURN82.7304203.05
LAIDLER82.7304689.66
RIDLEY72.3891123.67
BRIGHT72.3891118.24
COWING72.38913,043.48
REID72.389122.74
PRATT62.047835.65
WILSON62.04784.46
WOODMAN62.0478185.19
WINTER51.706548.12
NIXON51.706555.99
HEDLEY51.7065167.22
RUTHERFORD51.706569.93
USHER51.7065154.80
HARDING51.706523.57
GRAHAM41.365211.89
SHARP41.365216.38
COATS41.3652303.03
LEE41.36528.35
FAWCETT31.023952.91
ARMSTRONG31.023913.39
COULSON31.023957.03
TURNBULL31.023924.29
DENT31.023953.76
SNOWDEN31.0239114.94
MASON31.02397.61
DIXON31.02399.35
MAUGHAN20.6826121.95
LITTLE20.682614.43
ATKINSON20.68267.01
WHITE20.68262.12
TEASDALE10.341340.32
BENSON10.341312.59
MITCHEL10.341334.97
SNOWBALL10.3413105.26
WALLACE10.34134.98
HESLOP10.341339.84
STORY10.341354.95
WRAY10.341325.38
FAIRBAIRN10.341346.30
FORSTER10.341310.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COWING0.292933043.4783
MAKEPEACE0.292931445.7831
LAIDLER0.29293689.6552
VEITCH0.29293518.1347
COATS0.29293303.0303
BURN0.29293203.0457
WOODMAN0.29293185.1852
DICKENSON0.29293180.1802
HEDLEY0.29293167.2241
USHER0.29293154.7988
RIDLEY0.29293123.6749
MAUGHAN0.29293121.9512
BRIGHT0.29293118.2432
SNOWDEN0.29293114.9425
SNOWBALL0.29293105.2632
LAMB0.2929377.6197
RUTHERFORD0.2929369.9301
NICHOLSON0.2929362.4400
ROBSON0.2929357.0539
COULSON0.2929357.0342
NIXON0.2929355.9910
STORY0.2929354.9451
DENT0.2929353.7634
FAWCETT0.2929352.9101
WINTER0.2929348.1232
FAIRBAIRN0.2929346.2963
TEASDALE0.2929340.3226
HESLOP0.2929339.8406
PEARSON0.2929338.1904
PRATT0.2929335.6506
MITCHEL0.2929334.9650
BELL0.2929332.6916
CARRUTHERS0.2929325.7732
WRAY0.2929325.3807
TURNBULL0.2929324.2915
HARDING0.2929323.5738
REID0.2929322.7420
THOMPSON0.2929321.6475
ORR0.2929320.2429
SHARP0.2929316.3800
LITTLE0.2929314.4300
ARMSTRONG0.2929313.3929
BENSON0.2929312.5945
GRAHAM0.2929311.8906
FORSTER0.2929310.4058
DIXON0.292939.3458
LEE0.292938.3542
MASON0.292937.6142
ATKINSON0.292937.0077
WALLACE0.292934.9826

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 293 people called COWING in Thorngrafton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 3043.4783 in Thorngrafton means that 3043.4783% of the people in Thorngrafton on census day were called COWING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COWING in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called COWING as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called COWING here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called COWING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Thorngrafton means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COWING in Thorngrafton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorngrafton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKINSON (2)  BELL (18)  BENSON (1)  BEWLY (8)  BRIGHT (7)  BURN (8)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CHARELTON (4)  COATS (4)  COULSON (3)  COUSSONS (1)  COWING (7)  DENT (3)  DICKENSON (8)  DIXON (3)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FAWCETT (3)  FORSTER (1)  GRAHAM (4)  HANDYSIDE (1)  HARDING (5)  HEDLEY (5)  HESLOP (1)  HUNTER (1)  LAIDLER (8)  LAMB (12)  LEE (4)  LITTLE (2)  MAKEPEACE (12)  MASON (3)  MAUGHAN (2)  MITCHEL (1)  NICHOLSON (13)  NIXON (5)  ORR (1)  PEARSON (13)  PRATT (6)  WRAY (1)  REGEIN (3)  REID (7)  RIDLEY (7)  ROBSON (11)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SHARP (4)  SHIELE (2)  SHORTING (1)  SNOWBALL (1)  SNOWDEN (3)  STOKOE (2)  STORY (1)  TALANTYRE (1)  TEASDALE (1)  THOMPSON (19)  TURNBULL (3)  USHER (5)  VEITCH (10)  WALLACE (1)  WEANS (1)  WHITE (2)  WILSON (6)  WINTER (5)  WOODMAN (6)